⁹ He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.^{(A) 10} All the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.^{(B) 11} Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude.^(C)

1 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.^(A)

¹⁴ Until his death I used to go into Media to buy for him there, and I left in trust bags holding ten talents of silver with Gabael, the brother of Gabri, in the country of Media.^(A)